Seriously, Jun Senoue is so talented! For the longest time I thought Crush 40 was an American or European band, only today I learned it was started by Jun and is Japanese-American! It's just so incredible to me that someone could write lyrics that are so organic that wasn't even in their native tongue, however it's hard to see in this version because the singer, Eizo Sakamoto, does a good, job, but you can still hear the accent and off-beat parts. Still, I expected the lyrics to change a lot between this and the final versions, but they're almost identical!
It's awesome for sure. Jun actually had _a_ _lot_ of trouble writing English lyrics, there's a demo out there that *does* have early lyrics and yeah they're pretty messy: th-cam.com/video/_vEi3D8pDMM/w-d-xo.html There's also another demo out there that's identical to the one I just linked but with the correct lyrics so, at least 3 demos of this have been released!
Oh you have not heard the Weird craziness that is Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals) It's nowhere close to the final And nobody has a definitive answer on the lyrics
I really like this rendition of the song. Certain parts of Sakamoto's take I feel sync up together better with the melody than Johnny's version. Parts like 0:44 "What's gonna happen to us?" and 1:16 "But I will never let go". Johnny's version is certainly iconic and fantastic, but man do I wish we could get a clean rip of Sakamoto's take as well.
This song has Hirotsugu Homma on drums, Naoto Shibata on bass and Eizo Sakamoto on vocals. Those are all members of Anthem. This is an Anthem song with Jun Senoue o.o
Lyrics: Thunder, rain and lightning Danger, water rising Clamour, sirens wailing It's such a bad sign Shadows of dark creatures Steel clouds floating in the air People run for shelter What's gonna happen to us? All the steps we take, all the moves we make All the pain at stake I see the chaos for everyone Who are we? What can we do? You and I are same in the way that We have our own styles that we won't change Yours is filled with evil and mine's not There is no way I can lose Can't hold on much longer But I will never let go I know it's one way track Tell me now how long this'll last I'm not gonna think this way Nor will I count on others Close my eyes and feel it burn Now I see what I've gotta do Open your heart, it's gonna be alright Ancient cities blazing Shadows keep attacking Little children crying Confusion, hopeless anger I don't know what it can be But you drive me crazy All your cunning tricks make me sick You won't have it your own way Can't hold on much longer But I will never let go I know it's one way track Tell me now how long this'll last I'm not gonna think this way Nor will I count on others Close my eyes and feel it burn Now I see what I've gotta do Open your heart, and you will see If it won't stop There will be no future for us It a heart is tied down by all the hate Gotta know how to set him free I know it's one way track Tell me now how long this'll last Close my eyes and feel it burn Now I see what I've gotta do Gotta open your heart Can't hold on much longer But I will never let go I know it's one way track Tell me now how long this'll last I'm not gonna think this way Nor will I count on others Close my eyes and feel it burn Now I see what I've gotta do Open your heart, it's gonna be all right
We all know what the lyrics to open your heart is maybe you should try your hand at finding the lyrics of Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals) Good luck with that 1
@@turboshell I mean this version was the original really. It didn't make it into the game obviously but this was the version I heard on the internet in like 1998. I was a huge Sonic fanboy as a kid and I remember getting super hyped for every snippet of information on the first real 3D Sonic game-- like, a promo screenshot of what turned out to be Red Mountain, stuff like that. No idea how I came across the song exactly but this version was out on the internet before the Dreamcast was released. One fun detail I remember, back then we had absolutely no idea what the lyrics were-- we hadn't heard the final version of course, which is definitely easier to understand. So we had our own misheard lyrics-- 0:53 "I say egg rolls for everyone!" We weren't exactly masters of engrish at age 9 😄
I was in the exact same position as this guy, super hyped for Sonic Adventure and soaking up whatever info I could find about it, and can confirm that this was the version floating around the internet before the release of the Dreamcast. Sega did a very low res live stream of the unveiling of Sonic Adventure in Japan and I definitely remember that a band (not sure if it was officially Crush 40) played the song live on that, but I haven't seen a recording of that stream since then and don't know if one exists, so it's hard to remember who was singing. I think this mp3 was released to coincide with that event, though, because I had this version for a while before the game came out. I actually ended up getting to take a trip to Japan in Dec of 1998 and bought my Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure on the day that the game was released, and I remember being surprised by the differences in the game version of Open Your Heart!
@@bobbyconover A recording does exist - kind of... Unfortunately no one recorded that livestream (and that was certainly not the last time that happened, cough Sonic Boom 2013's livestream cough, but hey it was 1998, that's excusable), *but* SEGA did release a _heavily_ _cut-down_ tape of the event a while after, which you can find up on YT and I'm surprised you somehow haven't heard of. And on that tape, yeah, there's a whole section with the live band bit you're describing. It's everyone who performs on this demo miming _to_ _the_ _demo_ you hear here, so _almost_ Crush 40, but Johnny Gioeli isn't "singing" so not really. This demo was indeed released alongside it, along with a whole load of other stuff too
Personally the issue I have here is moreso with the lyrics themselves and not Sakamoto's singing. As much as I love this song, the lyrics are a little bulky. Despite that, Johnny Gioeli manages to make it flow really smoothly in a way that Eizo Sakamoto doesn't. I can only assume that Jun Senoue had more direct contact and interaction with Johnny and gave him more freedom to take liberties with how he sang this, whereas Sakamoto was probably more restricted.
Thank you for putting this together, it's wonderful that the original demo has been preserved and thanks to your efforts it's accessible in a much cleaner and polished manner!
I like this one because it feels like a Sonic track that was made back in Classic Sonic's era, and the original I like because the original was made for perfect chaos.
Fun fact, this was made in Japan by a Japanese man before the actual Open your heart was released. Sonic Adventure auto demo was this songs first appearance.
That was scatting if you want some Real but still hard to make out lyrics To make out try Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals)
I listened to the character presentation, this version isn't really complete, good job on isolating the vocals, but its really missing alot of screaming in the instrumental breaks! (Like actual metal I guess?)
@@xavierlime06 Yes, it was almost entirely Jun in charge of creating the song, with support from Kenichi Tokoi. But really, this song was his project to try and make the absolute best he could, he's the one who chose vocalists and in the end landed on Johnny as we all know.
Why would you save it as MP3? not something like Wav or flac, since it would be lossless. I get the original was a mp- from damn 98 but still, saving it as wav or flac would preserve your restoration.
@@coniboiyoutube Thank you! A lot of people like to make fun of the fact that this was not perfect english. People, of course it's not perfect! You guys probably haven't lived in a country where english is not the native language and to top it all off, it's in Japan. Of course it sounds different. Not everyone there speaks english, in fact I bet that for them, learning english is very difficult.
Is it just me or is it just because it's the original is it because it's actually genuinely better Idk But Japanese sonic sounds better just I mean has no relation to this but Japanese sonic sounds better
@@NickGoblinNevermind, i cropped most of this song from digitization of presentation on VHS. This is the only one source where i find second couplet of this song. Even if lossless audio exist - i could not find it :(
![[16-Bit;Genesis]Open Your Heart - Sonic Adventure](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kj489mlZ6EU/mqdefault.jpg)
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Here is a mono version that sounds more organic in my opinion -> th-cam.com/video/qm6QzhqqVHM/w-d-xo.html
Seriously, Jun Senoue is so talented! For the longest time I thought Crush 40 was an American or European band, only today I learned it was started by Jun and is Japanese-American! It's just so incredible to me that someone could write lyrics that are so organic that wasn't even in their native tongue, however it's hard to see in this version because the singer, Eizo Sakamoto, does a good, job, but you can still hear the accent and off-beat parts. Still, I expected the lyrics to change a lot between this and the final versions, but they're almost identical!
It's awesome for sure. Jun actually had _a_ _lot_ of trouble writing English lyrics, there's a demo out there that *does* have early lyrics and yeah they're pretty messy: th-cam.com/video/_vEi3D8pDMM/w-d-xo.html
There's also another demo out there that's identical to the one I just linked but with the correct lyrics so, at least 3 demos of this have been released!
@@Alex-ABPerson Wait, there's a third demo? where can I find it?
@@grimpaper It's not uploaded onto YT, it'd be easier if I just showed you on the official Crush 40 Discord, since I can't easily share files on YT
@@Alex-ABPerson Please upload it to youtube. I can't find it.
Oh you have not heard the Weird craziness that is
Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals)
It's nowhere close to the final
And nobody has a definitive answer on the lyrics
3:23
Demo: "gotta know how to set him free"
Final: "all the hate, gotta set him free!"
Is that seriously the only lyric change why why is it why was it changed for the final
@@coniboiyoutube the lyrics were fine and they didnt need to be changed. Why are you mad?
@@gordonfeetman445 ... I am not mad I'm just wondering why they even bothered
@@coniboiyoutube Because the new lyrics make more sense? This isn't that hard to understand. Would you have liked them to not change it?
@@gordonfeetman445 idk man
I really like this rendition of the song.
Certain parts of Sakamoto's take I feel sync up together better with the melody than Johnny's version.
Parts like 0:44 "What's gonna happen to us?" and 1:16 "But I will never let go".
Johnny's version is certainly iconic and fantastic, but man do I wish we could get a clean rip of Sakamoto's take as well.
This song has Hirotsugu Homma on drums, Naoto Shibata on bass and Eizo Sakamoto on vocals. Those are all members of Anthem. This is an Anthem song with Jun Senoue o.o
Lyrics:
Thunder, rain and lightning
Danger, water rising
Clamour, sirens wailing
It's such a bad sign
Shadows of dark creatures
Steel clouds floating in the air
People run for shelter
What's gonna happen to us?
All the steps we take, all the moves we make
All the pain at stake
I see the chaos for everyone
Who are we? What can we do?
You and I are same in the way that
We have our own styles that we won't change
Yours is filled with evil and mine's not
There is no way I can lose
Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go
I know it's one way track
Tell me now how long this'll last
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn
Now I see what I've gotta do
Open your heart, it's gonna be alright
Ancient cities blazing
Shadows keep attacking
Little children crying
Confusion, hopeless anger
I don't know what it can be
But you drive me crazy
All your cunning tricks make me sick
You won't have it your own way
Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go
I know it's one way track
Tell me now how long this'll last
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn
Now I see what I've gotta do
Open your heart, and you will see
If it won't stop
There will be no future for us
It a heart is tied down by all the hate
Gotta know how to set him free
I know it's one way track
Tell me now how long this'll last
Close my eyes and feel it burn
Now I see what I've gotta do
Gotta open your heart
Can't hold on much longer
But I will never let go
I know it's one way track
Tell me now how long this'll last
I'm not gonna think this way
Nor will I count on others
Close my eyes and feel it burn
Now I see what I've gotta do
Open your heart, it's gonna be all right
We all know what the lyrics to open your heart is maybe you should try your hand at finding the lyrics of
Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals)
Good luck with that 1
@@coniboiyoutube actually, funny that you say that. the lyrics in this demo slightly differ from the final.
@@thatstupidthomasfan i found out my question is why the change
Yo holy shit this is exactly how I remember the song from when I was 9 years old, getting so hyped for the Dreamcast!
How did you hear this version instead of the original
@@turboshell I mean this version was the original really. It didn't make it into the game obviously but this was the version I heard on the internet in like 1998. I was a huge Sonic fanboy as a kid and I remember getting super hyped for every snippet of information on the first real 3D Sonic game-- like, a promo screenshot of what turned out to be Red Mountain, stuff like that. No idea how I came across the song exactly but this version was out on the internet before the Dreamcast was released.
One fun detail I remember, back then we had absolutely no idea what the lyrics were-- we hadn't heard the final version of course, which is definitely easier to understand. So we had our own misheard lyrics-- 0:53 "I say egg rolls for everyone!" We weren't exactly masters of engrish at age 9 😄
@@smrqunofficial did you like it when it came out?
I was in the exact same position as this guy, super hyped for Sonic Adventure and soaking up whatever info I could find about it, and can confirm that this was the version floating around the internet before the release of the Dreamcast. Sega did a very low res live stream of the unveiling of Sonic Adventure in Japan and I definitely remember that a band (not sure if it was officially Crush 40) played the song live on that, but I haven't seen a recording of that stream since then and don't know if one exists, so it's hard to remember who was singing. I think this mp3 was released to coincide with that event, though, because I had this version for a while before the game came out. I actually ended up getting to take a trip to Japan in Dec of 1998 and bought my Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure on the day that the game was released, and I remember being surprised by the differences in the game version of Open Your Heart!
@@bobbyconover A recording does exist - kind of... Unfortunately no one recorded that livestream (and that was certainly not the last time that happened, cough Sonic Boom 2013's livestream cough, but hey it was 1998, that's excusable), *but* SEGA did release a _heavily_ _cut-down_ tape of the event a while after, which you can find up on YT and I'm surprised you somehow haven't heard of. And on that tape, yeah, there's a whole section with the live band bit you're describing. It's everyone who performs on this demo miming _to_ _the_ _demo_ you hear here, so _almost_ Crush 40, but Johnny Gioeli isn't "singing" so not really.
This demo was indeed released alongside it, along with a whole load of other stuff too
Most cleanest version out there. Good job, more people need to know about this.👍
Thanks!
2:04
Jesus the flow during this lyric threw me off so hard.
Yep that will do it
just imagine if it wasn't for johnny gioeli joining the sonic team
Personally the issue I have here is moreso with the lyrics themselves and not Sakamoto's singing. As much as I love this song, the lyrics are a little bulky. Despite that, Johnny Gioeli manages to make it flow really smoothly in a way that Eizo Sakamoto doesn't. I can only assume that Jun Senoue had more direct contact and interaction with Johnny and gave him more freedom to take liberties with how he sang this, whereas Sakamoto was probably more restricted.
Yeah, the lyrics needed some massaging.
no
Thank you for putting this together, it's wonderful that the original demo has been preserved and thanks to your efforts it's accessible in a much cleaner and polished manner!
Thanks!
This version is so sick. Always a pleasure to come back and listen to it time from time, grateful for this you put together here.
I love this version so much
You did a great job restoring and fixing the demo
Thanks!
wait that's the full version, wow thanks I've been looking for the complete song all this time
this has the in-game sound mixing, what with the lyrics , would've been right at home had this ver. been used
I like this one because it feels like a Sonic track that was made back in Classic Sonic's era, and the original I like because the original was made for perfect chaos.
Fun fact, this was made in Japan by a Japanese man before the actual Open your heart was released. Sonic Adventure auto demo was this songs first appearance.
Yes
This is pretty different from the final, and it's a good one.
I feel this is the closest we have to Crush 40 x JAM Project crossover.
More like Crush 40 x Anthem lol. Jun Senoue is the only musician here that isn't from Anthem
0:46 TUNAS
I'm pretty sure that's Anger with a japanese accent
Still more understandable than the sonic heroes main theme demo.
It's not the earlier one that has just gibberish and some engrish
That was scatting if you want some Real but still hard to make out lyrics To make out try
Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals)
Te agradezco amigo de verdad, esta versión la estado buscando en donde sea arigatou gozaimasu
OPEN YOU’RE HEART IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT
Our lord and savior.
This is incredible, congrats!
Thanks!
I love this version 😍
I listened to the character presentation, this version isn't really complete, good job on isolating the vocals, but its really missing alot of screaming in the instrumental breaks! (Like actual metal I guess?)
It's not supposed to be like that
Bless you for this.
Who made this prototype
Vocalist in this version Were Eizo Sakumoto, and I think a little bit of Jun Senuoe but, I'm not sure about that though.
@@xavierlime06 Yes, it was almost entirely Jun in charge of creating the song, with support from Kenichi Tokoi. But really, this song was his project to try and make the absolute best he could, he's the one who chose vocalists and in the end landed on Johnny as we all know.
@@ABCo-ABMedia jun wrote the lyrics with the idea Johnny would sing them
@@Shadow2237 Exactly, in the end he chose Johnny because it's who he felt fit the song the most, that's who he was aiming for, and he got it!
Me
Danila you crazy god damn!! Respect 🫡
Ayy- YT recommended giving out the gold at 2AM.
To anybody who says it's Engrsh It's the freaking accent dummies
This is banging
ikr
Japnese accent is lit
JP Aksen's boy
no more soothing your eyes.
Is that a Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals) Reference
He gave all his passion to this. 🚬🗿
It would've been cool to hear this in say the japanese version of Sonic Adventure or something
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Yeah this song should have been used in the japanese version
they already changed it to johnny nearing the end of dev
Well, it's certainly a demo...
Don't dis
Nice Demo 😎
Super Mario kart beauty and the beast the enchanted christmas
I love this version
The prototype was spoken in engrish.(people spoken Japanese language was trying to learn how to speak in English)
No it's the accent making it sound like that
This might be Engrsh though
Sonic Adventure "OPEN YOUR HEART" (Early demo feat Kenichi Tokoi on vocals)
What Intro Sonic Aventure Music Open Your Heart Is A Japan 🤔
Getting anime opening vibes
Why cause it's japanese
@@coniboiyoutube well no shit, even open your heart in english gives anime intro vibes
0:45 what’s gonna happen tuna
To us* You mean
Why would you save it as MP3? not something like Wav or flac, since it would be lossless. I get the original was a mp- from damn 98 but still, saving it as wav or flac would preserve your restoration.
MP3 are good now that's
Why
@@coniboiyoutube no, they’re not, they’re Lossy,
@@coniboiyoutube They're not that good. Especially compared to FLAC
@@gordonfeetman445 yeah I guess ... But at least they have gotten better
Sonic adventure and the doodlebops
engrish: the song
It's the freaking accent how many times do I have to repeat it
@@coniboiyoutube no shit
@@coniboiyoutube Thank you! A lot of people like to make fun of the fact that this was not perfect english. People, of course it's not perfect! You guys probably haven't lived in a country where english is not the native language and to top it all off, it's in Japan. Of course it sounds different. Not everyone there speaks english, in fact I bet that for them, learning english is very difficult.
this is more epik than the og version
What OG version
@@coniboiyoutubethat final version of the song
what else could it be lol
How is it you only have 14 subs fam?
0:52 P I N G A S
Me gusta esta versión que en ingles
I'm sorry but due to how they're singing, I'm imagining them sticking his tounge out while singing 😅
Bro that's the accent
@@coniboiyoutubeyeah, but still, Japanese people with accents still sing better than this ngl.
@@shiny8454 This IS a Japanese person with an accent. Also that's a very weird assumption to make?
@@gordonfeetman445 sounds weird to you
@@shiny8454 ??
The download link doesn't work :(
i fixed
Is it just me or is it just because it's the original is it because it's actually genuinely better Idk
But
Japanese sonic sounds better just I mean has no relation to this but Japanese sonic sounds better
I'm a USA civilian by the way
La versión japonesa es lo mejor
la versión japonesa es la misma que en ingles, esta versión de acá es solo una demo antes de Johnny Gioeli pusiera su voz, osea una demo.
@@juanignacioquiroga4379 Ya veo, ahora que lo mencionas tienes razón pero el acento de como lo canta lo noto mas japones.
The shitty vkei indies style this ver. has is okay
?
0:50
So?
lyrics in low volume (short)
daauhduuuhwearived
maakesurwonderarived
klaamaaahhslaivdavae
itsiietsaaaabaaaadtimeeeeeeeee!!!
shabowwwriivveacreatures
shenowsoamiibo(yeeaaahh)
playdooohhhvaeeashuuuu
wesgeneeheeepeentunas
Accurate
But only cause of the accent
I'm gonna be real honest here it sounds better than the final version
(Obviously in my opinion)
That’s an unpopular opinion
some of the lyrics flow like total garbage.
I mean, maybe if you're drunk
yeeaaaah, no
The chorus sounds more ghostly which is cool, but the rest is actual shit
PlayStation noggin
eugh..japanese engrish is so hard to swallow
It's the accent god freaking damn it
@@coniboiyoutube you take things waay to personally bruh
This is beta?
yes this is a demo version
It just doesn't hit the same.💀
not bad tho
@@lightspedd no. Not bad. But not the same.
I like the 3:14 part better here.
You got a flac?
FLAC format released in 2001, while this track released in 1998, so.. You know, i'm not a time traveler :P
@@ZettFakeSelf I have albums from the 60s in flac that's not how that works
@@NickGoblinNevermind, i cropped most of this song from digitization of presentation on VHS. This is the only one source where i find second couplet of this song. Even if lossless audio exist - i could not find it :(
sounds like spongebob lol